% Minimal Book - Clean, Bare-Bones
% For when you want zero styling

\documentclass[12pt]{book}

% Basic packages only
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{geometry}

% Simple trim
\geometry{
  paperwidth=6in,
  paperheight=9in,
  textwidth=4.5in,
  textheight=7.5in,
  inner=0.75in,
  outer=0.75in,
}

% Hyperref
\hypersetup{
  colorlinks=true,
  linkcolor=black,
}

% No extra styling - plain LaTeX

% Metadata
\def\booktitle{$book_title$}
\def\bookauthor{$author$}
\def\bookdate{$date$}

\begin{document}

% Title
\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{center}
\vspace*{2in}
{\LARGE\bfseries\booktitle\par}
\bigskip
by \bookauthor
\vfill
\bookdate
\end{center}

% Copyright
\clearpage
\thispagestyle{empty}
\vspace*{\fill}
Copyright \copyright\ \bookdate\ \bookauthor
\vspace*{\fill}

% Contents
\clearpage
\tableofcontents

% Main
\mainmatter

$body$

\end{document}
